Oklahoma Ledger (Sterling, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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77/6'GLOW
qf the
RUBIES
Hy
francis perry
elliott
W t$raH**t if
KAY WALTER'
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HYNOPOI*.
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•lima Ilia intJuinn ami Inl" ■•'it'1* 1
U|. fur ant.ih* Ilia aarvanl. "
milieu III ail.l, fulltHH I" | '
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Ilia aaivalil .>ri y. IJgllllllll otliU'*"" '
i tnltin* Inlaiiillna In summon h#l . wn n
tia rtUMIN JattkIlia (• la mi 1>la •
Willi In*. I'liiinniilii* I•
ll.oi lia U traay.
CHAIM'tH IV- (Continued).
lly Jove. I liM<t my «*« opinion
About that! I knew he must h*v,>
e«>.l one before; but I Just went ou
ijuoall Ullnii, to sal" tlw*. •V|,u kUOW,
ttiict *,untorllis #11 th while bow '
•bunlit ever lie ililv to break the truth
to tbe poor fellfW m
Tell me nBtilii what be v.'«* like, l
■mil "How did you know be was a
OhlnatuanT
"Why, hy hi* U>t> black t' «t* .
air, ftIhl hla 04t«rr eolor Nut I never
ftftw BO CfclttaWM* ft* ugly ft* tbl one
—«o fttr Oh. be was Just too awful
horrW to Uvk *t. lr HI* forehead
ftioiHx* •**. tvftcfc or maybe the trout
jvart «t hi. head being all shaved
uiftsle tt look that wft* Ami the ktu
*tv-,sl bin r*e «* painted while with
red streak* afcMfttaW arvund ray*
«* **«•>« * „
No beard sir mustache I suppose
t sweated. teeltnt my own smooth
**a«e* twee leaMos reply **« *
*r*rt*e
Ye*. Ktr there *W W M*'1
ktu.1 of ret t*U that dropped dow*
note tbe *Kte «t bt* mouth Ami
tbeu his tteoh"0<h *11 thick *ttb
wvsxlly hair *
\Vb. tt wa*. eh'" I eald «lrtly, think-
ing at the lou* red strive th*t my
tvilar ewneealeU IVUDW*
thl*. eh, whew you Jumtuxt ftt hi*
ttmvftt*'
JenKlna rublwst ht ohlu with II l'U
•Ieil fttr
"Why tbftt* vuusnnmon Queer lr;
but now that « remind me. I do re
meuiWr tbftt ht* ue«tl Mi i«ertectly
smooth ««.t It w* «"t *o hi* etlher
Why \ ftbouM •*" It elt |u t ftbtnit
IIVe yourw won!J *lr
t *y*a blw ruetnllv
"tVv Jlove t Jlon t doubt It '
\ ovMwmentesl wtth *om« 41*-
|M*t
Weil v# with your y*m \ou
were tolllw*. wheu \ tuterroi'test fttvut
m*hu« imo «iy
-Xe* *lr. be r*i utt*«Kt with *«lt«
,Kw wbeu t JMu't tlttj you, I
wft* )u« tT tttK\ tor ntM*X .uow y\i«
bftj iv e o«t. *lr- v.et e-r IVH«M
iliwi. « %ettt fJ* •••«.« '"MtW
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luet wblob. by tbe wft.* *tr tbe ««.•*
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Wft* tbftt ** '*>#« yo* bt
to U i wtvt^w **4 be toivt *nh* bo
b*JS e*e teto « e
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Me *** e.«ee
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w y bin ftjr** ro!l«<I and Uin blu« color
of hi* llpi that probably I waH Juat
In llmo to head off another attack.
And than I told hlui all.
"And hore," I concluded, "are the
mark* of your ftiigura undor my ool-
lnr, and lb« t>l*tol la on top of the
bookoaio."
Jelikln* Ju t «at thiire, kind of hud-
dled up. you know, and hla faco aa
wlilt* " the wbat you call-It «now.
Didn't «nm abln lo nay a word. Hy
Jove, It wiia too much for mi; my
heart Ju«t went out to him.
If* all rlitht, .lenklna," 1 *ald kind-
ly and I patted hla knee. "Doean't
initke a Jolly bit of illfference to me,
personally. Ju t told you befiiuae I
ihnugbt you ought to know. You Juat
kii right along and contlnua your du-
ne*. n far a* I . n concerned."
Jniiklii*' hand allpped along his
knee and ventured to touoh mine
timidly He roae heavily.
"Mr Mghtnut, *lr," he nalil hueklly,
"If you're not going to need me very
much, could I be excused for a whllo
tonight?"
"Ily Jove, yes. Jenkins! Uo out and
enjoy the evening; It will do you good,
•ttay as long a* you like, dash Itl
You know I dine tonight at the club.
Go to a root garden nnd get some
fresh air,"
A loss of the he*d broke Jenkins'
ealtn; bis flat struck his palm
"It ain't that. sir. be oaclftimed "I
don't want no fresh h:.\ but 1 do w«nt
fresh resolution mm u tresh start.
I'm going to tliul him."
"Hliu!" I was startled l>ash me. I
half thought he meant the Chinaman.
"Him. sir; that temperance lectur-
er, 1 mean. I'm going to get out a
paper ugnlnst thnt old enemy thers!"
And he shook hla tlst at the whisky
decanter
CHAPTER V.
The Girl From Radclltfe.
"l-ong distance call from Mr. Wil-
ing*. *tr," *ald Jenkins, lifting the re-
ceiver,
Hy Jove, he bad Just caught we as
t was about to leave, .
"Hello! That you. IJghtnutr came
ht* voice Say. okl chap.,you r -Jeni-
t>er you said you wouldn't mind put-
ting up the kid overnight on the way
home from oollcge KememberT Wants
to ro t over and come up the rtver on
the day line."
Ye*. 1 romeaiberod. and said so
"All right, then! It's tonight. U#
there about <l'<e from IV-ston IVn't
go to any trouble now. nor alter any
plan* The kid will probably b* dead
tired and off to bed before you get
home from your dinner."
"That's all right, old chap; Jenktns
will look after the young one "
I heard Hillings chuckle—I remem-
bered that chuckle afterward
"Not much oX the young oue there
(Ctghteeu. you know Never off to
•chool. though, unttl last year—and hy
George, it was time' Betwssn my
mother and my sister the kid wa* be-
ing *b wlutely ruined—petted, motycod-
died ftud was getting soft and .Ily—
oh. something to make you sK'k. Weil
' *o much obllgyst Wcky Vou know
w'Uv.t the*e hotels aire. QMdhy
I etplats'ied to Jeaktas. "AH rtgK.
sir." he said *1 woa^t go ust S«tt-
after ntne ttl£ be ti** eao«af4
And *>. I eet «C I re«xr*eJ ei-'v'
*bo*t test a*d siat >eitk-:ii
was Mill away, tsi *.Sse 4a* #2 «J
! ws *"«. as
vKvd evest-a#:"
Tike yvAoe Vs&ssd *e *u s«cv at
; s4c*l delSvii^iss-
t wktrtsC aati -An*, sr^tat
tbe Avf- saw
was tbe xtotft 'JeoaMMl insfrire 1
ever «w In att sty Se.
A gtH? Ktt -•*. >j Af ev «i«a a
lUHa * '"inm.
i ■ i W'ny ■/ .' liunuu. ill.ill t;
wujitt—mmt. «WH?
i trtf; ,/i aMva, iwi k ,WI iluw—e/««i
!J;ij t.-vMt? wjua-i-v saw,*--—Jtt. alat
jr «9dig- * 9«w .-a '
Mdjf V4.it trvmi-'l'- tin <Mi n."
tfr «/• '. II.* -Hill r t'liliiunm WWr
WUfc^.
"Mtj.*- ee- *.vU e««*aii *.' II n«w
m-,<i Tv. seammwc Jww. mnflCHt *wu.
i,W iw <#!**• .you II.' «W. i, 3tt«wC
.>.♦ / low UO It 51." it's—
i m ii« Utfcwtft I < ii««w«r
wiiHsli Us tttos 'kill'' vOttX; ijtll*
iitf- rjemwwd 5w sM*wt utf irmnar
Ui i.i, 3uft * sitrtwc -pi". J." io««
, ../U )nr,.. • ,-Jn tlllta rt
her perfect little teeth as her lipe
parted In s amlls. "If not, may 1 t*Jk
to you a wMleT"
I mumbled something designed to
be pleasant—dash me If I know what
—and managed to summon sense
enough to lift toward her a wicker
arm-chair. Then 1 dashed Into my
bedroom to chuck the smoklng-jacket
and get Into a coat. And all tho while
I was thinking harder than I ever had
thought It possible.
Just thu thing to have expected of
an ass lUe Billings—a fellow with no
Hense of tho proprieties! His kind of
inlml had never got any further than
the fact thnt I had a guest-room and
n quiet apartment. The further fact
thnt It waa In a bachelor apartment
house and I a bachelor-- Hiid not yot
out of my twenties, dash It—would
never have proscnted Itself to a chump
like illlllugu as having any bearing on
tho matter.
"Of course, 1 must get right over to
tho club nnd leave hor In possesion—
it's the only thing left to do." This
was my thought na 1 slipped Into my
coat and gave my hnlr a touch Just
a touch, don't you know The thing
to do was to carry tt off ao naturally
as possible for a few minutes, and
then slip away. Probably sho hadn't
counted upon my being In town at all
—had taken It for granted It was
some sort of family apar' it- -with
housekeeper, servant ma'u*. all that
sort of thing.
"Now. Just a lew minutes of con-
versation to put her st her ease," I
reflected, "and them I'm off I'll get
the Janitor's wife to come up and
stay near her."
And I dashed back, murmuring some
Jolly rubbish of apology And then 1
Just brought up speechless—almost
fell over backward. For as she stood
there un(*er the light. 1 saw that what
1 had taken for a dres.' of black bilk
was not a dress at all. but a suit of
IMjai-jas— black, filmy pajamas, whose
Iixiso elegance concealed but could
not wholiy deny the goddess-like fig-
ure within.
"I'd have known you anywhere. Mr.
l.lghtuut." And then I found that we
ware shaking hands, my lingers
crushed tn a grasp 1 nt er could have
thought possible from that tiny hand
From hearing Jack talk, your name
Is a sort of household word In the
Billings family."
1 mun lied something Jolly kllotlc—
some acknowledgment. But I was
pink about the ears, and I knew it.
while she was cool and serene as a
illy of tbe what-yott-call-lt. dont you
know I was trytn# not to see the
pajamas, trying to pretend not to no-
tice them, but dashed If I didn't only
make It worse!
For she looked down at herself wits
« laugh—rather an embarrassed
laugh. I thought; and her little s&rug
*nd glance directed attention to her
attire
"1 see youTre .oofcsrg at Us pa-
jamas." she said ss=.£fcg-
A*d her eyes Kxsksd at cs tkrwgl
those iwflt# ik&hs*—cA. s®*** a
vty *
-Ok. IpO—{ >—l* Itune ICS.* 11
statasteied East k - wr"
ex; jc sjxii
■ay -fe. vi 1 b««L se
ieeci iccwe k a_'
S5 i,v*ed tnrciu*a "S*-T
,7.f r: r *-«*ra« tlifcn*" *&* Jilivartit
oeraatil? n.1"—1 stiotijS
«iy urt * J sam.uc wSflh Or
OtOTHSX
"Sltre r 5T' etsl
Sl'f iM.
\* awrw lire * emjaacDctiir
iisc tuau t #ui£ n.T66et sfc^isciir-
■ato. "TSiai's *1 "iplii tlifa- i *'"*
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w.iuit uLint : en* fc.-mng i itn
Su: ynir Tn" ..flijniit—isi" tiibt nir
nun* *■—«wt Ju 'Lnnisac yov wmnt
Kfe tnr nx rt vsa* Uiecn.'
a gm3*£
•."^a—m-Titr-i -tic-*• 3 ww- anmit'i.
:ziCi£i.ui ~. sr. .KUiEtnf nCrnntn**"
—I>e sm3pf*J«t tna; ym waa"'—a?—
She imooM. tier cuKtauf «y sfin-
vrtfCtaU?
• Tm me. 3 wen: V a Trai aanct uur
2.ii Caanimotrf.' b1h cKjiaimet
"uii ti ti* tnrr' znu uuii'lililk aonie-
lirw ntH tC n? imps'—*, nut;-nun*—
v-itf uit lwoiiiK- i ni wiiin 3 pir. tie-*
. n.it'i iuu impm liUtut -mw
nil k a.* Ktur iwf—s^l- ii
v.'iti m i *>it a ir HiB
tmi. viu Quiv—nrr ta mum u a
tI-iH«mp4CfWl IT" fWItt l liUih~Ul«
t^hii 'mir mui m"ft n;« lta—«u*
flflH iu -J««i nuunuu. i««
1JB, 1 Mtfl"
B «uii nt. tut. tuua 3i £ e wn k nir-i
S flU. ?tr 0 ta « « tn«'Jlna tat
i.lunr pr'H.
t nunc mc niinif iu«e ' 11 "UimiFIe
"ni<inn. muinM "u le lutinif ntwin.
•Jipi tt nur -tito ' *mt ^nm
rluutifl' vuuiU lusi v!Kt a v<f« nitt-
ItM UUIpJC
i iitc Jlun sou :.irwii tui u'i n*.
3wr eitluw <m sua xrn <iC "vUrllar
iur nunc ntaoiimiNu m^nr
'.iis tu l)ui":u« ler J!HB.
"f uu taow *2 napttaui; U *-'«sn "
mn win vijuiit ■ememUec not at nl.'
id,j «uu. 't fin sturn i tin v 'i«a
*yu. *i' ni use.'
•®tt, ' C iuiit ~"'nK txi ^Hmil
3e "itour luylanmu milul'nn lint
ta ilM nuiur -ttl u Jlillntr'
I,,,nil rtww intjii-H. T -Hinemuur
iuiu ifUUs * 1U; 4U':—wsran
unt"*
I thought her face darkened a lit-
tle: then hi-r smile flatbed through,
like sunshine through a cloud Her
laugh came on top, like the mellow
ripple of a tiny brook—that sort of
thing—oh, you know!
"Oh, I say now, Mr. Llghtnut, cut
out the Josh," she remonstrated; and
l thought she grew a little red. "No
more for mine those sissy, girlie ways
—I've got well over all of that!"
She tossed one knee over the other
and threw herself back in tbe chair,
Sho seemed a little piqued. She went
on:
"I Just tell you what—there's noth
Ing like a couple of years off at col-
lege for toughening you! Gets all
those ' xrnia-s 'rnby ways out of you,
you bet your life, tnd all the slushl-
ness you get from trying to be like
your sisters. Shucks!"
I caught my breath. Of course, she
had no idea how it sounded—this
sort of talk; it was Just her Innocent
frankness, her—what d'ye call It?—
her Ingenuousness—dash It!
8he continued musingly: "Gee, but
I was soft when I first .vent away—a
"I Was Such a Kid When You Saw
Me Last."
regular pie-faced augel-chlld!" Her
voice had In it a sneer, 'ihen she
straightened up. whirled her chair
lacing me. and gave me a sounding
slap on the knee. "Say, maybe the
fellows 1 met didn't educate that out
of me mighty quick! Well, 1 ,oltnn
yes!" And she nodded, eying me side-
wise, her pretty chin In the air.
But, dash me. I was so aghast 1
couldn't get out a word. Just sat there
batting at her and turning hot and
cold by turns. Came devilish near
losing consciousness, by Jove, that's
what!
Uf course. I knew she didn't know
wbat she was talking about Hadn't
any sisters myself, don't you know. ,
and never had learned much about
other fellows' sisters; but. dash it, I
knew something about faces, and I
woold have staked my life on bers
Yoa can nearly always tell, you know
utybow. I thought I had better
now
I got sp "I say. you want to Just
—1\ yourself at home." I said. "And
tf yx*s doct mind. I'll see you at tbe
>ot: tn tbe Btornlsg "
S&* stood up too, looking rather
p« pilwi "Toure not going away?"
■\>b. act out of town " I thoj^bt
* ,« wxs wkat she nieant I added:
"Jitri as !"*o ocu lH stop down-stairs
an* fcsve sc.~e one come up and stay
■ ui ye®"
5be ir^TvieJ to tbe arm of tbe cfir'r.
tar ;recty fa« s&owtn* dismay.
'•Ml br we sie?*' r running you
eit—3 new I an. Say. Mr Llghtnut.
3 natl vt-tm xb to that 1 tkought
«ur "ni were p:tiif tc- t>e tere Broth
«* n:suni4ic 7 nt voti£ l .'
•nam kjm lx«leed. for
ti&<—jirinT ttrzii ttag'
"Ot ynCUl 1 all ntit," I nld re- 1
Winir-mc'? 'TTfa Jnr. p:iXf over to ,
•tin- iilut. nnrl ?wt t iw—z,zt far
Hut tuimt ripic vj n* aa«i tac«it
* tiunt ni end «toititnsr
"rumen" lUui. n;-w.r •a.-r s5*j j—ano
lie* tmili: vTif vn-mtzSif "Hccest
imv It- l,iptnum. y-OTil* gotag Just
IwcniiM Tm l«Cf Sty sew.. OWI up!
ttadl rnufl itL "Jhm w-ii sotktn* to
<ii nut utm.n C.
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Oklahoma Ledger (Sterling, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1912, newspaper, June 13, 1912; Sterling, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc155323/m1/4/: accessed April 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.